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Trusts are a fundamental component of equity law, designed to manage assets for the benefit of specific beneficiaries. Among the various types of trusts, constructive trusts are particularly complex and ...

Every lawyer must have as a primary concern the interest of the client, who often seeks advice in view of investment, activity or property development. They should be honest, sincere ...

By Michael Pelosiand Emilios Charalambous With the rapid technological progress that is taking place, EU legislators have been actively trying to keep up and enhance the regulatory provisions in the ...

By Eleni Philippou The urban landscape has undoubtedly changed in Cyprus over the last 30 years. Previously, strewn with mostly individual or semi-detached houses, it is now bursting with apartment buildings, ...

An Australian court ruled on Friday that removing a transgender woman from female-only social networking platform Giggle for Girls constituted discrimination, in a landmark decision on gender identity for the ...

Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N is preparing to unveil widespread support in coming days for a $6.48 billion offer to settle tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its Baby Powder ...

By Stella Koukounis Summer in Cyprus means balmy nights by the beach, where the humidity and hot temperatures become bearable by the trips to various music planets, courtesy of a ...

US Senator Bob Menendez submitted his resignation on Tuesday in the aftermath of his conviction on corruption charges including bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt’s government, bowing ...

In many cases, criminal charges are dropped or dismissed before the case ever goes to trial. For the defendant, this is a major relief, ultimately allowing them to continue their ...

A U.S. judge in Florida on Monday dismissed the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding onto classified documents after leaving office, handing the Republican former president another ...

 A New Mexico judge dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin on Friday, agreeing with his lawyers that prosecutors and police withheld evidence on the source of the live round ...

Free speech organisations welcomed the news of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s release from jail in Britain but said the U.S. case had still set a bad precedent for ...

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary into the military, a decree with the potential to divide Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’...

Qualcomm has agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a lawsuit in which shareholders accused the chipmaker of defrauding them by hiding its anticompetitive sales and licensing practices. A preliminary all-cash ...

The capital markets team of Elias Neocleous & Co LLC has successfully assisted Premier Energy PLC in relation to the initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Bucharest Stock ...

If a beneficiary does not comply with a judgment obtained upon condition, they are deemed to have abandoned it The wording of a court judgment or order is significant and ...

By Amy Maguire The request by Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders is a significant step in the ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission on Monday to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able ...

Residency and permanent residency for EU citizens By Konstantinos Kaousliades Cyprus presents a compelling combination of a beautiful climate, a favourable tax and judicial system, a welcoming culture and people, ...

During arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Donald Trump‘s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, two starkly different views of the consequences were on display Trump‘s ...

New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned the 2020 sex crimes conviction of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, in the case that helped to create the #MeToo movement. In a 4...

As lawyers in Trump’s hush money case know well By Ronald S. Sullivan Jr Though Hollywood movies about courtroom dramas often glamorize the closing arguments given by lawyers, in ...

A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place, but he did not appear to have ...

Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan courthouse for the second day of his historic hush-money trial on Tuesday, as lawyers try to choose 12 jurors to consider the guilt or innocence ...